QCodeEdit

[fullmetalcoder]

A couple more good news :

• caduel has just fixed the code to work with Qt 4.4 (well actually it broke Qt 4.3 backward compat but I fixed that by now so everything is fine regarding this issue
• I achieved very significant speed improvements when editing veryl arge files (especially near the end where it used to lag...)
• Fixed cursor auto update mechanism in combination with cursor mirrors (typing enter when using cursor mirrors used to wreck cursor positions in a somewhat weird way.)

[elcuco]

What was the problem with Qt 4.4? it should compile perfectly, since 4.4 is source compatible with 4.3.

[fullmetalcoder]

What was the problem with Qt 4.4? it should compile perfectly, since 4.4 is source compatible with 4.3.

It's described in a previous post... Contrary to what one could expect there's been some, at least one, API changes which happened in the QBasicAtomic class (got hidden since the introduction of QAtomicInt AFAIK). This class is a low level atomic counter used in reference counting (in both text lines and cursors).

[jpn]

They weren't part of the public API, were they?

[elcuco]

It's described in a previous post... Contrary to what one could expect there's been some, at least one, API changes which happened in the QBasicAtomic class (got hidden since the introduction of QAtomicInt AFAIK). This class is a low level atomic counter used in reference counting (in both text lines and cursors).

BTW, I am getting compilation problems on 4.3. What version do you support ...? 4.4? 4.3?

[fullmetalcoder]

BTW, I am getting compilation problems on 4.3. What version do you support ...? 4.4? 4.3?

I'd like to support both but I can't test Qt 4.4
As for your compile troubles could provide me the following informations :

• OS
• Qt version
• compiler
• QCodeEdit version (i.e package or SVN rev)
• full compile log (do a make distclean first if you are using a SVN copy)

They weren't part of the public API, were they?

The QAtomic and QBasicAtomic class are not documented but they are accessible (i.e. not located somewhere in "private" headers) and as they are widely used throughout Qt and the only way to achieve atomic ref counting I assumed they would not be a source of troubles and used them...

[NoobSaibot]

i hope the development of QCodeEdit continues, as i have a few reports/requests

Issues
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- while scrolling the linenumber column changes width while scrolling (becomes wider) as the digit of current visible line grows down the file. this "dynamic" grow is quite unusual. why don't you make the width of the linenumber column "static" and change the width only if the row count changes ( e. g. from 99 to 100 or from 999 to 1000 )?

- column selection: i see that i can select columns wise. what i don't see is the actual selection.

Features
===========================
for convenience sake i declare here an entity: ( current line/lines of current selection ) = current content

- make it possible to delete current content along with the corresponding lines. ( e. g. CTRL + D in Eclipse )
- make it possible to move current content inside the editor. ( e. g. ALT + UP, ALT + DOWN )
- make it possible to duplicate current content inside the editor. ( e. g. CTRL + ALT + UP, CTRL + ALT + DOWN )
- tab ( or user defined key ) triggered snippets. ( e. g. textmate )

that's all for now great work so far

[fullmetalcoder]

i hope the development of QCodeEdit continues, as i have a few reports/requests

It does, even though it's slower than it used to because I haven't got much spare time lately... Comments and requests are welcome anyway

• the variable width of line number panel is quite nice IMO when you have some files with more than 1k lines since it avoid space waste when you are at the beginning but making it "static" won't be complicated hopefully
• I don't understand this one I'm afraid...
• If I understand well the content is ALWAYS a set of LINES right? Then adding a couple of actions won't be difficult
• code snippets are not planned ATM. IMO such a functionnality should be handled by the application, not QCodeEdit

[NoobSaibot]

• code snippets are not planned ATM. IMO such a functionnality should be handled by the application, not QCodeEdit

Nooo, just imagine. One xml configuration file for the whole language. folding, syntax, indentation, snippets, ... everything in one config file.

as the snippets should be context aware either, the only appropriate place for them should be in the qnfa file. so the same snippet ( say "main" ) could be defined for several languages/context.

i suggest you take a closer look at textmate. which is unfortunatelly Mac only. the bundle system is great.

[fullmetalcoder]

Nooo, just imagine. One xml configuration file for the whole language. folding, syntax, indentation, snippets, ... everything in one config file.

That would be cool but unfortunately I have no time to invest in snippet support ATM... If someone is interested in creating a snippet engine that could be plugged in QCodeEdit I'd be happy to help by answering all questions but I can't do anything more...

[NoobSaibot]

is it possible to

- define the indentation width ( 2, 4, 8 ) in the xml config?
- find out which syntax is used at the moment ( C++, PHP, ... )?
- find out in which context the cursor is at the moment?

[fullmetalcoder]

Well, currently the indentation is shared by all documents (this may change in the future though) which make it impossible to add such a feature to language syntax files...

As for the used syntax it won't be difficult, just depends on where you need to get that information. The context is currently a bit trickier but I'll be working on this soon.

[NoobSaibot]

i'd like to show the current syntax used in the status panel

[NoobSaibot]

for some reason the first -- and empty -- line is always selected when i start the example.

btw. do you have a issue tracker?

[fullmetalcoder]

btw. do you have a issue tracker?

As QCodeEdit is developed as part of Edyuk you should use Edyuk issue tracker on Sf.net or the WebIssues server (http://edyuk.org/webissues/ login : anonymous, pwd : anonymous)

[NoobSaibot]

some minor bug in the column selection:

- start column selection in the first column down to the last line of the file
- now hold shift and try to select the text to the right with the arrow key

the result is that all but the last cursor mirrors do what they should. the last -- down most -- cursor mirror does not move along with the others.

[NoobSaibot]

well, you gonna hate me aswell , however,

is it possible to enter column selection mode without the mouse?

[fullmetalcoder]

some minor bug in the column selection:

- start column selection in the first column down to the last line of the file
- now hold shift and try to select the text to the right with the arrow key

the result is that all but the last cursor mirrors do what they should. the last -- down most -- cursor mirror does not move along with the others.

I'm afraid I haven't been able to reproduce this one.Check that you are using last rev. Try rebuilding QCodeEdit (make clean) and send me the files with which it happens in case the problem remains.

is it possible to enter column selection mode without the mouse?

It wasn't but it now is. The new binding is : CTRL + ALT + up/down to add a new mirror above the first/under the last cursor mirror.

[NoobSaibot]

thanks a bunch! i'll recompile and attach the files to the bug report. if you care, i modified qdocument.cpp a little bit, as i find this folding rect ugly as hell (i borrowed some images from textmate)

/edit: well actually there's nothing to attach to the bug report, as it happens right on the start; there's no file loaded at all. hmmm, might be my system configuration.

[fullmetalcoder]

if you care, i modified qdocument.cpp a little bit, as i find this folding rect ugly as hell (i borrowed some images from textmate)

AFAIK, and I should know quite welll , the drawing of folding rects isn't done in qdocument.cpp but in qfoldpanel.cpp
Anyway, I think I should add a way to change the look of fold indicators.

/edit: well actually there's nothing to attach to the bug report, as it happens right on the start; there's no file loaded at all. hmmm, might be my system configuration.

This is only a small drawing bug which appears on empty lines in some case. Well, appeared actually for I just fixed it.